Feeding and watering device.



A. C. MARSOM.

FEEDING ANDWATERING DEVICE.

. APPLICATIOHII LED OCT. 24,1908. 7 937,947, Patented 0ct.26,1909. 5 2 sums-sum 1,

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ALFRED CHARLES MARSOM, OF GROSSE POINTE FARMS, MICHIGAN.

FEEDING Ann warnnmo DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

Application filed October 24, 1908. Serial No. 459,415.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, AmmoCnwnnrs MAR- son, citizen of the L'nited States, residing f at Grosse Pointe ed certain new and useful Improvements in Feeding and Vatering Devices, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for feeding and watering poultry or the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and practical device of this character which will warm the food and water and supply the same automatically for consum tion as fast as it is consumed by the fowls, thereby preventing waste and dispensin with the frequent replenishing of food and water receptacles.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel features of construction and the combination and ar rangement of parts hereinafter fully de scribed and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings. in which-- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved oultry feeder and waterer; Fig. 2 1s a vertical sectional view through the same taken throu h the water. pan or trough: Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the plane indicated by the line 3-8 in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the water pan or trough; Fig. 5 is a detail vertical section.

- lug feet or legs 16 WllH'll are adapted to FL st the plane of which is indicated by the line 5-43 in Fig. 3; Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a modified form of the invention whichis especially adapted for feeding pigeons and the ike.

ably in the form of a cylindrical pan adapted to contain a removable lamp '2 or an equivalent heater and having suitable air inlet and outlet openings 3. In one side of the base pan is a. suitable opening to permit of access to the lamp, said opening being closed by a suilable door 3 shown in Fig. l. Removably arranged upon the upper edge of the side wall of the base is a food pan 4 prefably of cylindrical shape and of greater diameter than that of the base pan 1. An-

gular brackets 5 secured to the base pan at mtervals around its top are adapted to engage the side wall of the feed pan lo retain the latter upon said base pan.

6 denotes a water pan or trough remov- The invention comprises a base 1 prcfcrfarms, in the county of \Vayne and mate of Michigan, have invent ably arranged in the feed pan and extending transversely across the same. Said water pan comprises a central cylindrical section 7 disposed in an upright position and having two substantially rectangular end sections 8 Projecting in Opposite directions from its sides and in communicat on with the same through openings 9. The end sections 8 of the pan have the outer pUlt-l'ms o heir top open to expose the water in (hrpan and permit the fowls to have access Una-om, but the inner portion-0f the. top of aid warlums is closed by a plate 10. which latter has at its outer edge an upstanding stop flange ii, the purpose of which will be present y mplamed.

12 denotes a feed receptacle preferably of cylindrical shape aud'ronsisliugor eparable outer and inner cyluulru-ul Wall" 13; 14.

The outer wall or cylin-lcr llr its upper and lower ends open and i4. Mum and is formed at diametrical y n] p-- a. oints with notches 0r recesses .15 :nlap wl I-- Irwin the end sections S oi the wamm and said outer wall is placed in pw i i 'n upm. the top or" said pan. The nun-had or i'*H'--;sc|l portion of said wall 133 is adapir-l to ill against the stop flanges ll, as shun n ill Fig.2 and 3, so that said flanges will lfvl't'h'fill lhi' wall from shifting l()ll; "illlklliltlll upon the :n'vl' pan. transverse shifting and tilting mmw mvut of said wall being prevented by l'tilMHl of the engagement oi the notches 15 with the water pan and also by securing to the Wall lil at diametrically opposite points depend upon the bottom of the fci-d pan 4. The top plates 10 upon the end sections of the. water pan are adapted to close the portions of the feed receptacle immediately above the water pan so that the feed in said receptacle cannot cuter the water pan, but the reaminin; purl ions of the bottom of the feed receptacle are open to permit the feed in it to feed by gravity into the )an 4 on opposite structiou, it will he noted that the feed pan 4 will be filled from the feed receptacle 12 as fast as lhc fowls consume the feed, The inner wall 14 ot' the feed receptacle mav be rigidly connected to the outer wall 13, i desired, but as illustrated it is in the form of aseparate cylinder adapted to have its lower end project into the cylindrical central r )1- tion 1 of the water pan. Itis retainer in such position by means of a flange 17 mvide'd upon its exterior adjacent to its hotsides of the water pan. wing to this con tom and adapted to rest upon the top of the water pan. The. open top of the outer wall or cylinder 13 is closedby-a removable cover 18 which is preferably cone-shaped, and a similar removable cover 19 is also preferably provided for the inner wall or cylinder 14.

2O denotes a. water reservoir preferably of cylindrical form provi ed with a closed top having a finger or hand loop 21. In the flat bottom of the reservoir 20 are openings 22 arranged around a central opening 23 for the reception of the stem 24 of a valve 2.3. The latter is in the form of a disk arranged upon the inner end of the stem 24 and adapted to close the openings 22. The outer end of the stem 24 is adapted to slide in a U-shapcd guide bracket 26 'scuured to the bottom of the reservoir and surrounding said stem is a coil spring 27 for actuating the valvestem to maintain the valve normally in its closed position. Said coil spring is confined between the bottom of the reservoir and a stop collar 28 secured upon the valve stem.

The operation of the invention is as follows: The lamp or heater 2 is lighted and laced upon the center of the bottom of the use pan 1, the feed pan 4 is then placed in )osition upon the top of the base pan and tween the retaining brackets 5. The water pan 6 is then placed in position in the feed pan and the outer and inner walls 13, ll of the feed receptacle are then placed in position upon the water pan, as clearly shown in the drawings Feed of any description may be then placed in the receptacle 12 and owing to the open bottom of said receptacle it will fill the feed pan 4 on opposite sides of the water pan. The water reservoir 20 is then filled with water by invert ing the same and depressing the valve stem to open the valve so that water may be intrmluccd three-gt: the valve openings 22. When said stem is released the spring will actuate the valve to its closed position so that when the reservoir is righted no water will cazape. The reservoir is then lowered into the inner wall or cylinder t-l until the valve stem engages the bottom of the water pan and'isactuated upwardly to open the valve 25.

When the lat ter opens the water in the reservoir will-pass out of the same. and into the water pan 6 until the level of the water in the latter reaches the plane of the bottom of the reservoir, andit will be seen that this level will be automatically retained as long as there is water in the reservoir. The corers 1!) 18 may then be placed upon the walls 14, 13.

From the foregoir-lg it will be seen that the heat of the lamp 2 will warm both the water and the feed so that during cold weather there will be no danger ot the water freezing and both food and water of the proper temperature will be within -rcach ot' the fowls at all times. Owing to the peculiar 1 construction of the parts of the device fresh, clean food and water will be supplied to the fowls as fast as they consume it and it will be impossible for them to waste it. he device is simple in construction and may therefore be produced at a small cost and will be durable in use. FtlltllCIlilOlQ, it is exceedingly easy to supply with water and feed and requires very little attention on the part of the perscn in charge of the poultry.

In Fig. 6 of the drawings is shown a feeding and watering device especially adapted for the use of pigeons and the like. It is similar in all respects to the d-.v ce 1 above described with the exception that, an

annular platform 30 surrounds the feed pan and is secured to and supported by extensions 31 ori the upper ends of the brackets A cone-shaped hood 32 is also provided so as to overhang the feed pan 4 and prevent pigeons from getting into said pan.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a circular feed pan, a removable rectangular water pan arranged transversely therein, said water pan having an upright sitely extending end sections, the latter 0- ing in communication with the central sec tion through openings formed in the wall of the latter, said end sections of the water pan having the inner portions of their tops closed by horizontal plates, the latter having upstanding stop flanges at their outer ends, a. feed receptacle removably arranged on the pan and consisting of outer and inner cylindrical walls, the outer Wall having its bottom edge notched at opposite points to receive the water pan, whereby said outer Wall will be prevented from turning, the

sections of the water pan being adapted to close portions of the open body of the feed receptacle and the outer wall of the latter being adapted to engage said stop flanges to prevent lateral displacement of the outer wall, supporting feet depending from opposite points of the bottom edge of the outer wall of the feed receptacle and 'adapted to engage the bottom of the feed pan on opposite sides of the water pan, whereby the feed receptacle will be prevented from tilting, and a water reservoir removably arceptacle and adapted to enter the cylindrical section of the water pan.

'(omprising' a base pan to contain a heater, angle brackets at the top of the base pan, a.

upon the outer wall 13 of the feedreceptacle' cylindrical section at its center with op oplates upon the inner portions of the end ranged within the inner wall of the feed rc- 2. A device of the charactiar described I feed pan rcmovably arranged on the open top of the base pan and retained thereon by I said brackets, a removable water pan extend- I enter the central section of the Water pan feet depending from opposite points of the outer wall of the feed. receptacle and adapted to rest upon the bottom of the feed pan,

ing transversely in the feed pan and having a cylindrical central section and end sections 111' communication with the central section through openings in the wall of the central a Water reservoir removably arranged in the section, plates secured to the top of the inner inner Wall of the feed receptacle, a valve de-' portions of the end sections of the water pan vice for said water reservoir, a removable to close said portions, upstanding stop cap upon the inner wall of the feed recepflanges on the outer ends of said plates, 2. tacle, and a removable cap upon the outer feed receptacle having inner and outer cylinwall of the feed receptacle. drical walls, the inner wall being adapted to i In testimony whereof I hereunto ailix my E signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED CHARLES MARSOM. \Vitnesses L. S. TROWBRIDGE, Jr.,

Cassn: L. \VEsLEr,

and the outer wall having its bottom edge 5 notched at opposite points to straddle the water pan, said outer wall being also adapted to engage said stop flanges, supporting 

